The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-02-12


Among the Killed and Wounded.
The express train that left Boston
at O'Clock on the night OF the 4th
inst, met with a terrible accident near
Woodstock, on the Central Vermont
Railroad, at about 2:3O in the morn
ing. The train started from Concord,
N. H., on time, but was detained at
White River Junction, go it was
about an hour and q half
late when it left there. 1t con.
sisted OF locomotive, baggage car,
postal car, two passenger coaches and
two sleeping care, and was running at
the usual rate OF speed. When about
200 yards south OF the end of the
deck bridge, near the old Windsor
station, broken rail was struck.
The locomotive, baggage car and
postal car broke away from the rest
OF the train, passing over the bridge
in safety. The rest OF the train was
thrown from the rails and continued
on the roadbed until it came near the
end of the bridge, but there it ran over
the abutment aud all of the cars fell
into the White River, some 90 feet be-
low. The gorge at this point is fright.
full, and when the cars went down
there was a terrible crash.
AS soon as possible the detached
part OF the train was stopped ana ran
back to the scene Of the disaster. The
screams of the injured were heartrend-
ing. Assistance also came from the
people living in the vicinity and every
thing was done to rescue and relieve
the injured. Soon after help arrived
it was discovered that fire had start.
ed in the first passenger coach and
soon the entire train was ablaze, thus
adding a new horror to the already
frightful catastrophe. Those present
were powerless to stop the fire and
devoted themselves entirely to at
tempting to rescue those imprisoned
in the wreck.
The rescuers met another and an
unexpected obstacle in the heat, which
had become so intense that they were
obliged to relinquish their efforts to
save the sufferers, and were compelled
to retreat to place of safety
| for themselves, and to become
| unwilling and terror-stricken wit
nesses OF the awful holocaust. In
addition to those ard to add to the
terrors and suffering OF the passengers,
| the weather was intensely cold, and
| the heroic rescuers were hindered there
| by in their work. No water could be
obtained with which to check or ex-
tinguish the flames. The ice was sew
eral inches thick on theriver and there
were no appliances at hand to raise it.
When the relief train from White
River Junction reached the wreck, the
progress of the flames had been so
rapid that the bridge and four cars
had been practically destroyed. A
few burning timbers were seen and
the iron work of the bridge was
scattered over the ice. The only
house near the scene was that OF
Thomas PiDgree, a farmer, and had it
not been for his hospitable roof some
of the injured would doubtless have
perished from exposure. The baggage
and mail cars afforded accommoda-
tions for a number of the wounded.
The accident is the most terrible OF
any that ever occurred IL Northern
New England.
OF those killed, the following have been
| identified. Ed. F. Dillon Dartmouth; s. S
Westcott, Burlington, and his little son
who was clasped in his fathers arms;
Frank l.. Wesson, Springfield, Mass; d.
Magnet, Quebec; Edward Banks, bra ke
man, OF Lebanon, N. H.; NJ. r. Burgess
Pullman car condu ,tor; Miss Nancy Dun
bar, of Porter's Station, Somerville; Mason
Mills, of Iroquois, Ont, identified by watch
q md rin Sfr,rf nj. nhr
Madden, colored, porter of the Pullman
car Pilgrim" - Mills of Iroquois, Ont.
- Boulanger, of Holyoke, a young girl
I A. j. Hammer, OF Boston, porter OF Pull
| man car "St. Albans;" unknown porter oil
the Pullman car Puritan" Edgar Wilder,
OF Dayton, o.. identified by his brother to-
day; Charles w. Sanford, of Lowell (prob.
| ably; Mrs. Devineau, OF Winooski, identi-
| fed, day, by her brother.
| The injured: Mrs. John Graham, Bed.
| lord, Mass, leg and arm broken and in.
| ternal injuries; William Deviue, Winooski,
| slight bruise of the forehead and side; II. ].
Wilcox, Bangor, n. Y, severe injury to
base of the skull-probably fractured j.
c. Hutchins, Montgomery Center. VT, in.
iured in back; Howard F. Smith, Glou-
| cester, Mass, injured in back;
| Henry Mott, Alburgh, Vt, seriously in
iured in the chest and hip; James kiley,
| Burke, N. Y, arm broken and one foot
| frozen; Miss Emily Lowell, Montreal,
slightly injured; Polly Abel, Chicope, Mass,
| hip badly injured; Charles A. Hibbard
Cambridge, Mass slight injuries about the
face; Andrew Wheeler, Fitchburg, bruised
and burned about the head and face; Jo-
seph Meignet, Schanigan, Que, injured
| about the head and face; Annie Murphy,
Boston, seriously and perhaps fatally
hurt; Joseph Gennett, Scio, n. Y, badly
! hurt about head and arms; Moses Poul-
lier. Quebec, skull fractured; Horace Ju-
| neau, East Pepperell, slightly hurt;
0. Boseret, Algelique, Que, internal in
iuries; j. B. Gushing, Middleboro, cut in the
leg and back; Mrs. W. S. Dryden, Montreal,
injured in the back; Henry w. Tewksbury,
West Randolph, VT, leg and arm broken
and otherwise seriously hurt; Miss p. Fl.
Condrement, New York hurt in back and
side; Frank Pratt, secretary of Y. NJ. c.
A., Springfield, Mass, right ioot injured;
Mitchell Larcillide, Lawrence, Mass, slight
scalp wound; Benz. Belanger Child
Holyoke, Mass. slightly injured in the side;
Joseph f. jacques, Fitchburg, Mass,
one eye, nose and chin injured; Margaret
Walsh, Greenfield, Mass. scalp wound and
confusion OF right arm and abdomen;
j. w. Tuttle, Tunbridge, VT, forehead, ear
and back OF head slightly iajured August
Lebout, Lynn, Mass, severe lacerated
wound on forehead and body and limbs
bruised; J. II. Shull, New Haven, slightly
injured; alexander LSvelle, Greenfield,
Mass, head slightly injured; Katie Cahill.
Bowdoin Street, Boston; severe scalp
wound, laceration OF right wrist and injury
to back; cannot be moved; Mrs. Costello,
167 Charles Street, Boston, general bruises;
not serious; David Remliard, Brockton.
Mass. slightly injured; went home; D..
Prev, OF Providence, r, l., injuries rot seri-
Gus; returned to bis home; A. B. Veazy,
OF Rutland, VI, sight injuries; continued
on journey; Maria Sadler. Ormstown, P.
@, fractured ankle and bad bruises; j, Al
exander, Boston, slight injuries; returned
to Boston; Frederick A. Fisher, OF Glouces.
ter, slightly injured; c. NJ. Hosmer, severe
injuries to left leg; badly shaken up.
A dispatch from White River juno
ton of the 9Th says 1.-The work of
recovering wreckage and bodies has
been pushed vigorously all day. The
ruins have been minutely searched, and
probably all recovered that can be.
The iron work of the cars has all been
,,,,lIad over and pleared aUav The